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NFL Saints backed by church in effort to keep emails secret
- Feb 21, 2020
An attorney for New Orleans’s Catholic archdiocese Thursday strongly defended the New Orleans Saints’ behind-the-scenes help in dealing with the clergy sex abuse crisis, saying the legal effort to release hundreds of confidential emails between them is aimed at trying to shame those “who had the audacity” to back the church.

By Jim Mustian
NFL’s Saints head to court in Catholic Church email dispute
- Feb 20, 2020
The New Orleans Saints headed to court Thursday in a bid to block the release of hundreds of confidential emails detailing the behind-the-scenes public relations work the team did for the area’s Roman Catholic archdiocese amid its sexual abuse crisis.

By Jim Mustian
For Redskins tight end, each day ‘starts with God and ends with God’
- Feb 16, 2020
Washington Redskins tight end Hale Hentges goes into every play with a prayer in his heart.

By Jay Nies

Judge orders open hearing on NFL team’s emails with Church
- Feb 13, 2020
News outlets and the public will be able to attend a hearing next week in New Orleans on the confidentiality of emails between Catholic officials and the city’s NFL franchise concerning clergy sex-abuse scandals.

By Kevin McGill
NFL team’s deep Catholic ties behind role in abuse crisis
- Feb 12, 2020
Why would an NFL team, even one called the Saints, strike a behind-the-scenes alliance with the Catholic Church on an issue as emotionally fraught as clergy sex abuse? It’s a question even die-hard Saints fans in this heavily Catholic city are asking.

By Jim Mustian, Reese Dunklin and Brett Martel
Saints owner denies team had role in clergy sex abuse list
- Feb 11, 2020
The owner of the New Orleans Saints said Monday that the NFL team played no role in determining which priests would be named in the list of “credibly accused” clergy published by the area’s Catholic Church.

By Jim Mustian

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